Cats and Dogs
I have a favorite website (actually, it’s two of them) – www.stuffonmycat.com and www.stuffonmymutt.com.
Submitters send in pictures of either their cats or dogs with “stuff” on them. The first site created was the cat one. My understanding is that you were literally supposed to put “stuff” on you cat – “stacks” in the correct lingo. You can find pictures of cats with remotes, toy soldiers, pez dispensers, coins, bottle tops, you name it, all “stacked” on them. They are a bit lax and will take pictures with other critters or in costumes. They are generally submitted with captions, and the cat’s (or cats’) names.
After success with the cat site, they introduced the mutt site, using the same principals for pictures.
I have been itching to get either our cat or our dogs onto the site, but whenever they are doing something that is maybe “postable” – my camera is either two rooms away or if I moved, they would stop doing whatever they were doing and follow me.
I should just get the camera out and try to “force” them to sit still for pictures, but I don’t see that being very productive. If you have ever visited www.dooce.com, she has her “Daily Chuck” photo where she makes her puppy Chuck (and now the new dog Coco) wait for a “scooby snack” while she snaps a picture of some cute setup. I can’t tell if I just don’t have that much patience or if I think my puppies don’t!
I try to look at the site once every couple of weeks. That gives me a ton of pictures to look at and go “I could do that!”. Of course, I still haven’t!